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Tapping, also known as Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, is an alternative therapy that’s gaining a lot of interest as a low-cost, non-invasive way to help manage stress and anxiety.
Tapping involves tapping on various points of your body while saying your feelings out loud. It draws on the idea of energy meridian lines (能量经络) from Chinese medicine, suggesting that tapping on these lines can re-balance energy in the body and help manage negative emotions.
While there is limited research about tapping, some studies have shown it can help with anxiety and many people are using the technique to help them manage their mental health. Caroline Fitzgerald from Galway in Ireland is one of them.
Since she started tapping three years ago, Caroline has felt like a different person. “I’ve never felt more supported in terms of my own mental health and my emotional well-being,” she says. Tapping has helped Caroline overcome over 20 years of anxiety and insomnia. “After exhausting so many other paths — CBT (认知行为治疗), counselling, medication, talk therapy and soon, EFT tapping has allowed me to process so many limiting beliefs and memories-it has allowed me to change my thinking,” she says.
“By physically tapping on 14 key easy-to-reach points on the body while talking about how you are feeling signals are sent to the amygdala in the brain,” says Sarah Tobin, EFT practitioner and trainer, and founder of Tapping for Mums, “which can help tell the brain you are safe and turnoff the stress response in the body.”
“Tapping is the hack that tells your brain you are safe, so by tapping in moments of stressor anxiety you are able to calm your nervous system, reduce the cortisol (皮质醇) and adrenaline (肾上腺素) and start to feel safe again,” Sarah says. While it can look slightly unusual, “the act of talking about how we are feeling while we are tapping effectively releases the negative emotion, making us feel lighter and the emotional intensity itself lessens,” says Sarah, who has been tapping since 2014 and now teaches other people how to use the technique.
Some critics of EFT say it can prevent people from seeking more traditional forms of help for physical or mental health problems, but as long as it’s practiced with care and as a complementary practice the risks are very low.
1．What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about tapping
A．Its case study. B．Its origin.
C．Its teaching method. D．Its function，
2．What does the underlined word “amygdala” in Paragraph 5 most probably refer to
A．The region associated with speech.
B．The area concerned with blood pressure.
C．The organ considered as the centre of emotions.
D．The part governing the fight， flight and stress response.
3．Which word can best describe the author’s attitude to tapping
A．Skeptical. B．Supportive. C．Conservative. D．In different.
4．What can be the best title for the text
A．How Do We Use Tapping to Save People
B．Can Tapping Help with Anxiety
C．How Does Tapping Cure Illness
D．Can Tapping Work with Western Medicine
As ninety approached, many things had changed for Mom except one: She wanted a big birthday party. But because of a fractured (断裂的) hip just 3 weeks before, we could only arrange a small one at the rehab (康复中心) instead of giving her a big celebration in a restaurant.
Mom’s husband, Fred, was also in the facility, admitted to the dementia (痴呆) unit prior to her admission. Mom visited him a few times each week, but these visits distressed her because he was usually asleep and did not respond to her. She often left in tears and was sad for days.
On the day of the party, we decorated the dining room with balloons, and a sheet cake was decorated in her favorite colour. Surrounded by her loved ones, Mom was overwhelmed with happiness. Only one other person could have made this day happier: Fred, her husband of thirty years. Because the party was held in the nursing facility, we had taken him to the party, too. When an attendant brought him into the room, Mom shouted with joy. We positioned them side by-side in their wheelchairs. He sat there with his eyes closed, unresponsive, and the party went on.
A short time later, there was a buzz in the room: “Fred’s awake!” And he was! Mom spoke to him, and he responded. He said, “I love you.” He ate the birthday cake and ice cream. He stayed for the rest of the party. After I sent him back to his nursing unit, the remaining guests were still talking about Fred and his miraculous awakening, just in time to share his wife’s ninetieth birthday. Mom was very happy, crying that his presence was the best gift of all.
God works in strange ways. We were able to give Mom a lovely celebration after all, and with her husband at her side, a happy birthday indeed.
5．Why couldn’t Mom enjoy a big birthday party
A．Because her husband got sick.
B．Because she herself got injured.
C．Because she preferred to celebrate it with her husband.
D．Because we didn’t want to arrange one for her.
6．What can be inferred about Fred
A．He was admitted to the rehab after Mom.
B．Mom felt disappointed with him.
C．He was unconscious most of the time at the rehab.
D．He had been married to Mom for nearly twenty years.
7．Why did the attendant bring Fred to the dining room during the party
A．To inspire him to get better. B．To help us get close to him.
C．To celebrate his birthday. D．To make him keep his wife company.
8．What is the best title for the text
A．Mom’s Unexpected Birthday Gift B．Fred’s Amazing Recovery
C．Mom’s Miraculous Party D．Mom’s Strange Birthday
When I was 13, I climbed my first mountain--a fairly gentle 3,900-foot peak. I was overweight at the time and out of breath when I reached the summit. But I loved challenging myself. Soon I’d climbed nearly 100 peaks. My parents were happy I’d finally found a hobby.
I often go climbing with my friend Mel Olsen. She and I drove to tackle 11, 240-foot Mount Hood. It’s safer to start winter climbs at night when there’s less risk of the sun melting the snowpack. That day, we started at 3 a. m. At around9 a. m., we reached an ice step. It was about three or four feet tall and sloped al a 75-degree angle. 1 volunteered to go first. I placed my left foot on the ice step.
I gained a sense of the ice when 1 stuck my ax and crampons (鞋底钉) into it, and it felt good. Confident I was safe, I put my full weight on it. Suddenly, I heard a crack, and as the snowpack became thinner, a whole piece of ice broke off the step, right under my foot.
In an instant, I fell backward, bouncing off the rock face and rolling down the mountain as if I were a character in a video game. I remember thinking, This is it. You’re done. I stuck out my arms and legs, grabbing at anything. That stopped my rolling down the mountain, but I was still sliding, After 2 few seconds, I came to a stop on a shallow slope.
I asked myself: Where are you Mount Hood. What’s the date December 30. Good. My brain was functioning. Then I checked my body to see where I was hurt. For the most part, I was fine, except that I was suffering from a sharp pain in my left leg. Later I’d learn that I’d broken my femur (大腿骨) and that the bone was slicing into my skin and muscle.
At the bottom of Mount Hood, I was loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital. The doctors told me it would be a year before I could climb again, but I was back on the trails within six months.
9．Why did the author and her friend set out at 3 a. m.
A．It was the best time to enjoy scenery. B．It was more challenging to climb at night.
C．They wanted to finish the climb before sunset. D．They hoped to avoid some possible dangers.
10．Why is “a character in a video game” mentioned in paragraph 4
A．To show her strong character. B．To make her idea more convincing.
C．To help readers imagine the scene. D．To add to the humor of the description.
11．How did the author make sure she could still think clearly
A．By recalling what had happened. B．By checking whether she was injured.
C．By calling an ambulance for rescue. D．By asking herself some factual questions.
12．What can we learn about the author
A．She is too brave to pay attention to any danger.
B．R She has a strong desire for professional knowledge.
C．Setbacks can’t stop her from challenging herself.
D．The love for nature sets her apart from her friends.
For decades, scientists and engineers have been working to develop computer programs that can understand and gen crate natural language. This has been a challenging task, but recent advances in machine learning have allowed us to create powerful language models.
The above paragraph was not written by a human. It was generated by a chatbot called ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence technology designed to mimic human conversation and language while drawing upon a vast wealth of knowledge to answer questions and solve problems. What ChatGPT offers seems more capable―and is potentially even more of a threat to jobs―than existing AI chatbot technology.
AI chatbots have been a routine feature of British life for a few years already. Logging onto many companies’ websites today triggers a popup window saying “Hi, I can answer your questions!” Telephoning restaurant chain Cafe Rouge, for example, puts you through to an audio chatbot that can recognize common questions and plays pre-recorded responses.
While ChatGPT is not infallible, Oxford’s Wooldridge compares its output to well-written undergraduate work. For example, when asked “what is artificial general intelligence” the chatbot responds, “It refers to a type of artificial intelligence that is capable of understanding or learning any intellectual task that a human being can, In other words, AGI is a type of A I that is able to perform any cognitive function that a human being can, rather than being limited to a specific set of tasks.” This level of output poses a threat to those at the lower end of the employment market. According to the Office for National Statistics(ONS), around 1.5 million jobs nationwide can be automated away, with those at greatest risk including restaurant waiters，
Those least likely to sec machines taking over their jobs include legal professionals, doctors and university lecturers. Such occupations are classed as highly skilled. The ONS says, “There is not so much that robots are taking over, but that routine and repetitive tasks which can be carried out more quickly and efficiently by an algorithm written by a human, or a machine designed for one specific function.”
The chairman of Parliament’s Business Committee, Darren Jones, hails Chat GPT as the “start of a new trend” in sophisticated AI tech. He says, “It will become common practice to use tools like this at work with time.”
13．What is the function of Chat GPT
A．To help humans order food from restaurants.
B．To answer questions and solve problems for humans.
C．To automate away all human jobs sooner or later.
D．To accompany human beings by chatting with them.
14．What is the fourth paragraph mainly about
A．ChatGPT’s output can be compared with undergraduate work.
B．ChatGPT could threaten lower-end jobs potentially.
C．It explains what artificial general intelligence is.
D．It illustrates that Chat GPT is limited to a specific set of tasks.
15．According to this passage, which of the following careers are most likely to be replaced by ChatGPT
A．Doctors. B．Lawyers.
C．Musicians. D．Warehouse Keepers.
16．What is the best title for the text
A．ChatGPT, a Powerful Chatbot Posing Threats to Lower-End Jobs
B．AGI, a Unique Type of AI Performing Cognitive Function
C．AGI, an Outdated AI Technology Taking Over All Jobs
D．ChatGPT, a Routine Feature of Our Daily Life for Years
Computers are closely linked to education today and the Internet can offer any help you want. But for now, experts say, don’t throw away your books. Researchers in Span and Israel took a close look at 54 studies comparing dial and print reading. Their 2018 study involved more than 171,000 readers. “Students often think they learn more from reading online. When tested, though, it turns out that they actually lea med less than when reading in print,” says the researcher.
Reading is not natural, explains Maryanne Wolf, a neuroseientist who specializes in how the brain reads. We learn to talk by listening to those around us. It’s pretty automatic. But learning to read takes real work. It’s because the brain has no special network of cells just for reading. To understand text, the brain borrows networks that evolved (进化) to do other things. This is similar to how you might adapt a tool for some new use. For example, a coat hanger is great for putting your clothes in the closet. But if a blueberry rolls under the refrigerator, you might straighten out the coat hanger and use it to reach under the fridge and pull out the fruit. You’ve taken a tool made for one thing and adapted it for something new. That’s what the brain does when you read.
It’s great that the brain is so flexible. It’s one reason we can learn to do so many new things. But that can be a problem when you make a switch from your reading material to another type of it. Namely, when we read online, the brain creates a different set of connections between cells from the ones it uses for reading in print. It basically adapts the same tool again for the new task. This is like if you took a coat hanger and instead of straightening it out to fetch a blueberry, you twisted it into a hook to unclog a drain (疏通下水道). Same original tool, two very different forms.
17．What can be known from the 2018 study
A．Students can learn more from online materials.
B．Reading in print leads to a better understanding.
C．The Internet counts a lot in gathering information.
D．Fewer people prefer reading books at present time.
18．What is the writing purpose of Paragraph 2
A．To show what the brain takes to read.
B．To illustrate how the brain evolves.
C．To introduce a coat hanger’s functions.
D．To outline the features of reading.
19．What might cause a problem for the brain’s flexibility
A．Different types of texts. B．Basic forms of the tools.
C．Different formats of texts. D．Interpersonal connections.
20．What is the best title for the text
A．Always Bear Books in Mind
B．Try to Be a Reasonable Reader
C．How to Enhance Your Reading Comprehension
D．Learn Better from Reading on Screen or on Paper
My roommate and I sat very still and held our breath to watch the showdown between ice skaters Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan and Nathan Chen of the United States at the Beijing Winter Olympics. But when Mr Chen launched himself into the air, it wasn’t his movement that caught my eye—it was the empty seats in the audience behind him. They looked familiar. Those seats were where my parents had stood, my dad holding a video camera to record my daily practice sessions.
Born and raised in Beijing , I began skating at age 8. I’d seen Chinese pair skaters Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo’s performance at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. They inspired a wave of national pride and made figure skating(花样滑冰) a mainstream sport in China. I joined the rush.
I spent most of my time outside school at the rink (溜冰场). One day, two intense years later, I’d had enough. The pressure was too much. I told my parents I couldn’ t do it anymore. Thankfully, they understood and let me stop. But even after I quit, guilt and pressure stayed with me. My parents had sacrificed so much for me, and I felt I’d failed to meet their expectations. Then I started a new athletic attempt—cross-country running that I still pursue today. Even so, I still enjoyed watching figure skating on TV from time to time.
Right before COVID -19 lockdowns began, I returned home to Beijing over winter break from college in the US. In my cupboard, I was surprised to find a shiny new pair of figure skates(滑冰鞋) my dad had bought for me. Then I brought the skates back with me to Boston.
This winter, I put on the skates again. I carefully stepped onto the ice at a Boston rink. And this time skating felt the way it had when I fell in love with it for the first time. I danced on the ice realizing that one cannot learn without falling sometimes—or often.
21．What brought back the author’s childhood memory
A．His interest in skating. B．The unoccupied seats.
C．The noise from the audience. D．An action of Nathan Chen.
22．What can we learn about the author
A．He preferred running to skating.
B．He got tired of his college life in the US.
C．He competed at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
D．He skated under the influence of two Chinese skaters.
23．What is the author’s parents’attitude to his giving up skating
A．Indifferent. B．Disappointed. C．Supportive. D．Annoyed.
24．What will the author probably do next
A．Pursue a career in skating. B．Work as a coach in Beijing.
C．Take up his previous hobby. D．Start cross-country running.
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Big Cypress Lodge
Big Cypress Lodge features rooms with a treehouse. But the various kid-oriented facilities are the highlights of the hotel. It has a place with twice-daily fish feedings and a glass-enclosed lift that brings travelers to the hotel’s observation deck (观景台).
Brookstreet Hotel
Every winter, Brookstreet Hotel offers an ice skating area with lights for daytime or nighttime skating. And during the warmer months, kids can go for a swim in the seasonal outdoor pool, make music in the instrument-filled jazz garden, or borrow bikes (which are free to use for two hours) to explore the area. Plus, families who visit on a weekend have access to free activities like movie nights.
Ashford Castle
Fully let kids get close to nature and history during a stay at Ashford Castle. This 800-year-old castle is located in Cong, Ireland. Families can try old-world pursuits like hunting and archery (射箭). On rainy days, watch a movie in the on-site theater or go for a swim in the spa’s relaxation pool. Or, bond in your family-friendly room while playing with Lego.
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If you’re a fan of the “SpongeBob SquarePants” TV cartoon series, Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana is a good choice. The hotel is modeled after SpongeBob’s pineapple home. No matter which accommodation you choose, you’ll enjoy all meals and drinks, and access to a kids club, sports courts and the Aqua Nick water park with waterslides. Character breakfasts are also available on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays for a fee.
25．What is special about Big Cypress Lodge
A．It has various theme rooms. B．It prepares free breakfast on weekends.
C．It allows kids to look for treasure. D．It enables kids to interact with fish.
26．What do Brookstreet Hotel and Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana have in common
A．They offer some water activities. B．They are equipped with theaters.
C．They are inspired by cartoons. D．They provide free bike services.
27．Which hotel is an ideal place for hunting lovers
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About 3,000 years ago, the Chinese people began celebrating the beginning of their calendar year with a joyful festival, Lunar New Year. Every year starts with a big feast. Then in many homes, after the feast is cleared, the whole family gathers to make dumplings late into the night.
There are many special foods of the New Year. The most common one is dumplings — traditionally these were made in homes in northern China , but now they’ve spread around the world. They usually look like crescent moons (新月) or round balls. They may be similar to ancient Chinese money as well. They are filled with simple ingredients like pork and cabbage, which are said to bring fortune to the household.
“The whole family gathers to chat and make the dumplings, which are eaten between midnight and 2 a.m.,” says Grace Young, author of Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge, a book of Chinese recipes and stories, and The Breath of a Wok, a book of the traditional knowledge of the Chinese food.
In The Breath of a Wok, Lijun Wang, Chinese-American author Amy Tan’s sister, recalls fondly, “As the jiao-zi boiled, it was important not to remove the lid too soon,” says Lijun. “If you did, it could mean that you’d lose your fortune in the coming year. Sometimes we would put a coin inside one dumpling for luck.”
“And historically, on New Year’s morning, it was customary not to cook but we were always happy to eat leftover (剩下的) jiao-zi,” says Anderson, professor of the University of California, “In northern China, food was pretty scarce, especially in the winter. People were down to what little meat and flour they had left. It just made sense to make dumplings when you wanted a little celebration but didn’t have a lot of money or food.”
28．What can we learn about dumplings according to paragraph 2
A．They are made in different shapes. B．They originated in southern China.
C．They were popular in ancient times. D．They can be cooked in different ways.
29．What does Lijun Wang intend to do in The Breath of a Wok
A．To list the dumpling-making method. B．To express her wishes for the New Year.
C．To share her dumpling-making memories. D．To share the meaning of certain customs.
30．What does the underlined word “scarce” in the last paragraph mean
A．Lacking. B．Simple. C．Necessary. D．Expensive.
31．Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A．The Influence of Dumplings B．Reunion: Go Home for the Spring Festival
C．The Reasons for Eating Dumplings D．Chinese New Year: Dumplings and Fortune
Last May , “eco-mermaid” Merle Liivand broke her own world record for swimming with a single fin(脚蹼). She swam the distance of a full marathon in the rough waters of Biscayne Bay, Florida. She even picked trash out of the water as she swam.
Liivand was born in Estonia. As a child, she had health problems, and engaged in swimming to help her lungs get stronger. She was soon taking part in open water swimming contests, sometimes even in icy water.
Eleven years ago, Liivand moved to Miami, Florida, where she continued swimming in the ocean. In one training session, she nearly wound up swallowing some plastic that was floating in the sea. That experience made her think of all the sea animals that faced similar pollution every day. She decided to make people more aware of plastic pollution, which she calls a “plastic pandemic”.
Thinking about sea creatures gave Liivand the idea of swimming with a special single swimming fin attached to both of her feet. This rubbery “ monofin” allows her to swim by kicking both of her legs together. “Swimming with the monofin without using my arms is similar to how dolphins and other marine animals swim,” says Liivand. She believes that swimming with a monofin sends a bigger message.
Liivand first set the world record for swimming with a monofin in 2019, when she swam 6.2 miles off the coast of California. In 2020, she broke the record again by swimming 12.8 miles in Miami, Florida. On 7 May last year, Liivand broke the record once more, this time swimming the length of a full marathon. It took her 11 hours and 54 seconds to swim 26.2miles. The water was rough, and she ran into a few problems, but she didn’t stop. “I got stung(蜇) by jellyfish,“ she said,” and kept telling myself that it was not the time to cry.”
Liivand picked up all the trash she found and put it in a kayak(皮艇). By the end of her marathon, the kayak held three bags full of trash. “This isn’t just about a record. It’ s about helping the community and the world , ” she says.
32．Why did Liivand start swimming
A．To protect sea creatures. B．To get trash out of the sea.
C．To improve her physical condition. D．To participate in swimming contests.
33．What made Liivand realize the marine plastic pollution
A．Her moving to Miami, Florida. B．Her training accident in the sea.
C．Her experience of saving sea animals. D．Her swimming with a rubbery monofin.
34．Which of the following words can best describe Liivand
A．Self-confident and optimistic B．Hard-working and considerate
C．Well-educated and independent D．Strong-minded and determined
35．What would be the best title for the text
A．“Eco-Mermaid” picks up trash while swimming
B．“Eco-Mermaid” loves swimming with a monofin
C．“Eco-Mermaid” develops a unique way of swimming
D．“Eco-Mermaid” swims a marathon to fight plastic pollution
The word “robot” was coined in 1920 by the Czech writer Karel Capek. In Rossum’s Universal Robots Capek imagined artificial, fully functional servants. For most of their history, however, robots have been stupid mechanical devices, sitting out of sight in factories.
Things are starting to change, however. Robots have benefited from rapid innovations in smartphones, which brought cheap cameras and sensors, fast wireless communications and powerful, smaller computer chips. More recent advances in machine learning have added software to make robots better informed about their surroundings and equipped them to make wiser decisions. Robots are becoming so advanced as to be used for everyday life and in the coming years, will increasingly work in supermarkets, clinics, social care and much more.
They could not be coming at a better time. Many industries are facing a shortage of labour -the demand for workers has recovered much faster than expected from COVID-19 and some people have left the workforce, particularly in America. Goods delivery has grown rapidly thanks to the growth of e-commerce. Robots are now picking items off shelves and helping people pack a rising number of boxes.
And yet many people fear that robots will destroy jobs. In fact, concerns about mass unemployment are overblown. The evidence suggests robots will be damaging at first but ultimately beneficial for labour markets. Japan and South Korea have the highest level of robot usage but very strong workforces. A Yale University study that looked at Japanese manufacturing between 1978 and 2017 found that an increase of one robot unit per 1,000 workers boosted a company’s employment by 2.2%. Research from the Bank of Korea found that robotisation moved jobs away from manufacturing into other sectors, but that there was no decrease in overall vacancies (空缺).
As is to be expected, some people will be on the losing end of change even as robots make society as a whole better off, so firms and governments should recognise the value of retraining and lifelong learning. As jobs change, workers should be helped to acquire new skills, including how to work with and manage the robots that will increasingly be their workmates.
36．What can be learned about robots for most of their history
A．They have looked quite ugly. B．They have done very complex work.
C．They have worked like humans’ friends. D．They have been kind of hidden from people.
37．What are robots like these days
A．They are able to make their own decisions.
B．They are aware of things around them.
C．They are hard-working delivery workers.
D．They are decreasing in number during COVID-19.
38．Why are Japan and South Korea mentioned in paragraph 4
A．To compare the various roles of robots.
B．To show that robots will replace human beings.
C．To prove that robots contribute to labour markets.
D．To predict the development of robots in the future.
39．What is the author’s tone in the text
A．Positive. B．Humorous. C．Tolerant. D．Doubtful.
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Ask the new artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT to write an essay about the cause of the American Civil War and you can watch it produce a persuasive term paper in a matter of seconds that has even be enable to pass school exams. That’s one reason why New York City school officials this week started blocking the impressive but controversial writing tool that can generate paragraphs of human-like text. The free tool has been around for just five weeks but is already raising tough questions about the future of AI in education, the tech industry and a host of professions.
ChatGPT was launched on Nov. 30 and is part of a new generation of AI systems that can chat, generate readable text on demand and even produce novel images and video based on what they’ve learned from a vast database of digital books, online writings and other media. But unlike previous models of so-called “large language models”, such as Open AI’s GPT-3, launched in 2020, the ChatGPT tool is available to anyone with an Internet connection for free and designed to be more user-friendly. It works like a written dialogue between the AI system and the person asking it questions.
Millions of people have played with it over the past month, using it to write silly poems or songs, trying to trick it into making mistakes, or for more practical purposes such as helping compose an email.
As with similar systems, ChatGPT can generate convincing prose, but that doesn't mean what it says is factual or logical. Its launch came with little guidance on how to use it, other than a promise that ChatGPT will admit when it's wrong.
Many school districts are still struggling to figure out how to set policies on whether and how it can be used. “While the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions, it does not build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, which are essential for academic and lifelong success,” said a school’s spokesperson Jenna Lyle from NYC． But there's no stopping a student from accessing ChatGPT from a personal phone or computer at home.
43．What can we learn about the term paper from paragraph 1
A．It is a result of the improvement of education. B．It can be rated as passing by schoolteachers.
C．It has caught the attention of the public. D．It acts as a model for students to follow.
44．What makes Chat GPT different from GPT-3
A．ChatGPT can create text. B．ChatGPT can edit digital books.
C．ChatGPT is free of charge to all. D．ChatGPT can ask its users questions.
45．What is Jenna's attitude towards students’ use of Chat GPT
A．Favourable. B．Tolerant. C．Uncaring. D．Disapproving.
46．What is the best title for the text
A．How Are Schools Handling Chat GPT
B．You Can Check When ChatGPT’s Telling the Truth
C．What Is ChatGPT and Why Are Schools Blocking It
D．Students Are Using ChatGPT to Do Their Homework
A groundhog (土拨鼠) from the small town of Punxsutawney in the state of Pennsylvania again suggested that North America would have six more weeks of winter.
On Thursday, thousands of people assembled around a hill called Gobbler’ s Knob to watch the yearly event. A group of men in black coats and top hats woke up the groundhog from his long winter sleep. It was as if the groundhog, named Punxsutawney Phil, told them, “I see a shadow... It’s six more weeks of winter weather.”
Since 1887, tradition says that if Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow (影子) on Groundhog Day, February 2, spring will come early.
Groundhog Day is believed to have come from the ancient European tradition of Candlemas Day. On that day clergy would bless and give out candles to Christians for the long winter. Some ancient stories say that in parts of Germany, people thought that if a hedgehog (刺猬) saw his shadow on Candlema s Day, there would be a “Second Winter” — or six more weeks of bad weather. As Germans moved to what is now the state of Pennsylvania, they chose another animal, and Groundhog Day was born.
The tradition is celebrated in many places around the United States and Canada. Countdown to Groundhog Day keeps a list showing 157 such celebrations in North America. But the animals do not always agree — and not all of them are groundhogs.
Staten Island Chuck, a groundhog once known for biting the finger of then New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, suggested it would be an early spring. It is hard to argue with that since the National Weather Service said on the social media service Twitter that the lack of snow in the northeast “has been extremely unusual” this year. In the state of Connecticut, Beardsley Bart, another groundhog in Bridgeport, also predicted (预测) it would be an early spring this year.
47．What does the underlined word “assembled” in paragraph 2 mean
A．Turned. B．Gathered.
C．Searched. D．Competed.
48．What is key to the prediction of Punxsutawney Phil
A．Where the animal is sleeping. B．How many people are present.
C．When the winter began the previous year. D．Whether the animal sees its shadow.
49．What can be learnt about Groundhog Day
A．Different animals are used. B．It was created by Americans.
C．Only two kinds of animals are observed. D．It is mostly celebrated in Europe.
50．Which of the following predicted a long winter this year
A．Beardsley Bart. B．Staten Island Chuck.
C．Punxsutawney Phil. D．The National Weather Service.
Social media has completely taken over everyday life, affecting how society runs and changing individuals in ways that even they can feel. While social media can act as a platform for people to express themselves, it can also be overwhelming, especially for high school teens.
To teenager Bryson Lan, deleting social media helped eliminate a significant distraction in his routine and keep up with teachers. “I was scrolling (滚动) through social networking sites so much,” Lan said. “I was also starting to struggle since I entered my high school year. When school started, I was super overwhelmed (不知所措的), and I was just not ready for it.
Most teenagers fear that by eliminating these apps, they will miss out on connections with their peers and feel a significant loss to their social life. However, Lan found he didn’t miss anything during his time without social media.
Another problem with social media is the amount of “junk content” posted. People are regularly posting and updating on social media, and much of the content has no meaning to other viewers and is ultimately a time suck.
However, social media isn’t all negative. Social media can be a place to develop passions and boost creativity. For example, Lan found his interest in photography blossom after seeing works from other photographers on social media. “Social media is a good place where you can have a portfolio (作品集) or upload your works,” Lan said. “A lot of people have photography accounts or art accounts. In some ways, I think it actually furthers your hobby.”
The vast audience that social media can reach brings convenience and effectiveness in the spread of art. Although some people might be discouraged by other artists’ impressive works, Lan is inspired to produce better photographs.
“Thanks to this revolutionary development of social media, we can enjoy a world where everyone is closer than before,” Lan said. “But we also need to have the skills to make good use of social media, and that depends on each person’s efforts.”
51．What did getting rid of social media bring Lan
A．More distractions. B．Confusion about life.
C．A smaller social circle. D．More attention on his studies.
52．What does the underlined phrase “a time suck” in paragraph 4 mean
A．A waste of time. B．A timetable. C．A lack of time. D．A time switch.
53．What’s Lan’s attitude towards social media
A．Doubtful. B．Unclear. C．Objective. D．Supportive.
54．What’s the main idea of the text
A．Most teenagers’ opinions on social media. B．The effects social media has on teenagers.
C．Innovative development of social media. D．The problems social media brings people.
Alone on a barren island, Ding Peng and his colleagues bring the Chinese crested tern (凤头燕鸥) back from the edge of extinction. From time to time, Ding Peng makes his way across the waves to Zhongtiedun, an island that dots the vast East China Sea.
Born in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China’s Gansu Province, Ding grew up seeing bare mountains and sandstorms, and had an early awareness of environmental protection.
In March 2013, Ding landed on Zhongtiedun with more than 30 experts to choose a breeding (繁育) area for Chinese crested terns. They wanted to restore their populations through manual intervention (人工干预).
At the beginning, there were no Chinese crested terns on Zhongtiedun and Ding’s first cask was to attract the birds to settle there. Their breeding period is usually from May to August, and they like to lay their eggs on small islands with little tree cover, so Ding and the team of experts settled on relatively flat Zhongtiedun. They also cut away the taller bushes, while 400 fake birds of the same size as Chinese crested terns were placed there, with a bird sound playback system installed to simulate the sound of courtship (求偶).
However, they were unable to attract any of the birds over the following two months. “The experts suggested withdrawing the equipment and making plans for the next year,” Ding recalls. Ding proposed the equipment that had been installed on the island not be taken down. Two days later, the team got what they wished for—several Chinese crested terns were found among the group of great crested terns flying in the sky.
“Though the life on the island is tough, things took a turn for the better in 2017, when more volunteers came to join the bird protection team. Everything was worth it. Now that more people are aware of the importance of protecting the birds, and now that their numbers are on the rise,” Ding says.
55．What do we know about Ding
A．He is from a poor family. B．He is an environmentalist.
C．He lives in mountains now. D．He feels lonely on the island.
56．Why did Ding and the team of experts cut away the taller bushes
A．To install fake birds more conveniently. B．To make the birds’ vision much clearer.
C．To observe Chinese crested terns closely. D．To create a better breeding environment for the birds.
57．What does Ding think of his work
A．It is very worthwhile to do it. B．It still has a long way to go.
C．It is the most important project. D．It has strengthened his willpower.
58．How does the text develop
A．By showing examples. B．By giving some quotes.
C．By following time order. D．By making comparisons.
Flowers We Love Photo Contest
TERM
Flowers We Love Photo Contest is an annual contest that takes place during spring. This year’s Flowers We Love Photo Contest begins on April 15, 2023 and ends on August 30, 2023 at 11:59 pm. The purpose of the contest is to inspire people to pay attention to their surroundings and find out the beauty of life around them.
ELIGIBILITY(资格)
Flowers We Love Photo Contest is open to all amateur and professional photographers. Participants must be between the ages of 18 to 50.
REQUIREMENTS
Follow all requirements carefully to prevent disqualification.
·Required information, including name , address, telephone number, email address, and photo caption (说明文字) must be provided.
·There is no limit on the number of entries per person. Each entry must comply (遵从) with our term and official rule.
·The photographs need not be taken with a digital camera; scans of negatives or photographic prints are acceptable.
·All digital files must be 20 megabytes or smaller, must be in JPEG or jpg format.
·Photographs must have been taken within two years before the date of entry.
JUDGING
Photo Contest entries will be judged based on whether the content is creative and genuine. Judging will be conducted by editors at Artcentron.
59．What’s the purpose of the contest
A．To help people learn more about flowers.
B．To encourage people to discover the beauty of life.
C．To improve people’s skills in photography.
D．To make people get ready for the coming of spring.
60．Who can take part in the contest
A．A 30-year-old photographer.
B．A 17-year-old student.
C．A 55-year-old worker.
D．A 60-year-old retired teacher.
61．Which of the following will result in disqualification
A．Emailing a 30 megabytes photo.
B．Sending 20 photos as entries.
C．Using your phone to take pictures.
D．Submitting photos taken within one year.
The AI chatbot pheomenon ChatGPT is changing the world and has kicked off a new global AI race, but couldn’t it replace humans
ChatGPT is one of the hottest topics in tech right now, the AI powered chatbot attracted over 100 million users just two months after launch in late November. So, what is it The GFT pat stands for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer. It’s a form of AI capable of understanding human language and generating surprisingly detailed and coherent answers to questions in a conversational format. ChatGPT is so good that people are using it to write essays, draft script, pass exams and the correct computer code, all of which it can do within seconds. Some have even asked the Chatbot for psychological counselling or to create a personalized weight-loss plans.
But what does the advent of ChatGPT mean for ordinary people The elephant in the room is whether it will eventually replace humans in some jobs. Universal access to a capable and versatile AI powered digital assistant would significantly boost productivity in many sectors. Teachers are now using ChatGPT to write presentations, and product managers are using it to create marketing campaigns. As with any disruptive technology, ChatGPT will change the labor landscape. The jobs most immediately at threat include customer service, computer programming, graphic, design, and content creation. We have already seen AI technology replacing translators and interpreters. However, notably the impact of ChatGPT on education cannot be overstated. One study even found that 89 percent of US college students admitted using ChatGPT for their assignments. Some public schools have banned ChatGPT outright and some science journals now prohibit listing ChatGPT as a co-author on papers.
So, the healthy development of this kind of technology will depend on enforcing honest, safe and responsible use. This will likely be a global undertaking for multiple governments, companies and academia working in collaboration.
62．What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about ChatGPT
A．Its practical applications B．Its working theory.
C．Its language model. D．Its development process.
63．What does the underlined phrase “The elephant in the room” mean
A．The biggest advantage at present.
B．The toughest problem which is beyond our capability.
C．The obvious truth which is often ignored.
D．The necessity of developing AI tools.
64．Which is not one of the first occupations to be threatened by ChatGPT
A．Computer programming. B．Translators.
C．Designers. D．Customer service.
65．According to the text, what’s the attitude of some science journals towards the papers you accomplish with ChatGPT
A．Suspicious. B．Neutral. C．Opposed. D．Critical.
Wang, now 43 and working as deputy head of Temuli, Butuo county, Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Southeast China’s Sichuan province, said she would have lived a very different life if she had quit school and got married as her parents had wanted.
In the 1990s, most of the girls who lived in villages deep in Sichuan’s mountains dropped out of school after just a few years because they were either engaged or destined to become housewives in arranged marriages. When Wang Fumei told her parents about her dream of attending classes again, she was met with opposition. Her mother refused because Wang was the family’s oldest child, so she had to do farm work and take care of her younger siblings. The lack of available labor meant the family could only just make ends meet by planting corn and rice. Wang went on a hunger strike to protest her parents decision. On the seventh day, however, seeing Wang’s determination, her parents finally allowed her to go to school and her arranged marriage was canceled.
“I envied the lifestyle of female teachers and doctors in my village. I knew my parents had their difficulties, but the only thing in my mind back then was that education can change people’s destinies. If I wasn’t permitted to go to school, then I’d rather die.” she said.
She cherished the opportunity so much that she devoted all her time to studying. In 2000, she returned to Butuo to work as a civil servant. At the same time, she made up her mind to improve the lives of the people in the village, and also helped solve the problem of local children dropping out of school as there was still an attitude of “boys over girls” in the isolated village.
“No matter how capable you are and no matter what situation you are in, you must be grateful in your heart. Only you can change your destiny: no one else can do that for you,” she said.
66．Why did Wang Fumei’s parents ask her to quit school
A．Because she was the only girl in her family.
B．Because her family wanted her to get married.
C．Because she did a bad school work.
D．Because she had to help support the whole family.
67．Why are the female teachers and doctors mentioned in the passage
A．To show the popularity of teachers and doctors.
B．To stress the determination of her quitting school.
C．To emphasize that girls’ lives can be changed by knowledge.
D．To show an attitude of “girls over boys” in the isolated village.
68．If Wang’s parents hadn’t agreed to Wang’s request, then what would have happened to Wang
A．Wang would have fled away from her family.
B．Wang would have got married with the arranged person.
C．Wang would have committed suicide.
D．Wang would have helped support her family all her life.
69．Which old saying can be used as the title of this text
A．Who says women are inferior to men.
B．God helps those who help themselves.
C．The world’s biggest enemy is yourself.
D．Knowledge is power, knowledge changes destiny
As the COVID-19 appeared, many people’s life changed.
At the beginning of March 2020, Boylan, a professor of Medicine Jon Bae, went from working onsite to being another role as a health economic analyst(分析家) of Duke University Health System. And a month into the pandemic(流行病), his daughter, Elora, was born. The past two years drew Boylan closer to his wife, Katie, “During the time of the pandemic, I am not one of those people who have time to learn how to bake bread or anything,” Boylan said. “I think, in terms of personal growth, I have learned much about how to live a happy life.”
By October of 2020, the pandemic had lasted for several months, and Melanie Thomas was feeling down. “How do I have a rich and full life during this special time and keep a positive attitude ” Thomas asked herself. She decided that she needed a goal that she could work out until the world opened up. For the next several months, Thomas began running, working out at a socially distant gym, and walked as much as she could every day. While the trip to Nepal was the goal, the exercise to prepare for it became a central piece of herself-care routine.
A few weeks ago, Mary Atkinson began spending the remaining daylight after work setting up a garden in the yard of her Greensboro home. She as well as her two-year-olds on, West, often played there with the sand and his toy truck. “This is something that never happened before the pandemic, and it gives much happiness to us,” said Atkinson.
During the pandemic, John Carbuccia, instead of eating lunch out or grabbing meals in the university canteen, found himself eating homemade breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Scrambled eggs with vegetables or simply prepared salmon fillets are some of his current favorites. And without having to rush to the company, he walks and runs around his neighborhood before and after work at home.
70．How was Boylan affected by the pandemic
A．He became a cooking master.
B．His income turned to be uncertain.
C．He lost his job.
D．He had a better understanding of living happily.
71．What did Thomas mainly do during the pandemic
A．She visited Nepal. B．She lost weight.
C．She did exercise. D．She learned online.
72．What benefit did the garden built by Atkinson bring to her
A．It saved much space for storing sand. B．It provided comfortable office space.
C．It offered a good environment for sports， D．It improved the parent-child relationship.
73．What is the text mainly about
A．The features of working from home.
B．Tips on how to fight against the pandemic.
C．The change of people’s life during the pandemic.
D．An experiment in studying the meaning of life.
The day before we met, Juliette Binoche was in the French Alps. Today , she’s sitting in her room in Berlin’s Hotel Marriott.“We arrived last night at 12,”she says, casually brushing off her tight schedule. It ‘s been this way for four decades now , ever since she became a real hit at the Cannes FilmFestival as a 21-year-old , starring in 1985’s Rendez-vous. The film was well received and“La Binochas the French call her , was born.
Almost immediately, people were deeply attracted by this charming young lady. “After Rendez-vous,when I started , somebody asked me about doing an autobiography of my life… when I was 21 !”she reveals , quite shocked at this absurd(荒唐的)idea.”Some people actually thought about it.”
Instead , Binoche concentrated on a constant rise through the ranks of world cinema. Rather than addicted to the fame and wealth brought by Hollywood,Binoche simply continued working with celebrated filmmakers from-around the globe ,developing a reputation as a risk-taker.“For me, the risk is to repeat myself or get into a comfort zone that is not opening my horizons(视野),”she says.
Now 58, there isn’t much this extraordinary artist hasn ‘t done. On stage, she starred with Akram Khan at London ‘s National Theatre in dance piece In-i.”When you’re not a dancer , then you see that you need courage , you need trust and you need magic that is inside you that is going to take place,”she says. She also sang in the show It ‘s Almost Nothing and would love to film a musical. Which one “I would never answer that,”she smiles.“ A film is a connection of different people.”In other words,about creative magic.
74．What do we know about Juliette Binoche in Paragraph 1
A．She stayed busy after gaining fame.
B．She acted as a film star in Rendez-vous.
C．She went sightseeing in European countries.
D．She was named“La Binoche”by the German.
75．What did Juliette Binoche do after Rendez-vous
A．She wrote an autobiography.
B．She worked in her comfort zone.
C．She kept climbing the career ladder.
D．She sought more fame and fortune.
76．What does the author mainly intend to tell us in the text
A．Youth time passes in an instant.
B．Fame and wealth make no sense.
C．Suffering is the best teacher of life.
D．Life needs challenge and innovation.
77．Where is the text most probably taken from
A．A magazine.
B．A novel.
C．diary.
D．A guidebook.
参考答案：
1．B 2．D 3．B 4．B
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了轻敲叩击作为一种疗法对人们缓解压力和焦虑的作用。
1．主旨大意题。根据第二段“Tapping involves tapping on various points of your body while saying your feelings out loud. It draws on the idea of energy meridian lines (能量经络) from Chinese medicine, suggesting that tapping on these lines can re-balance energy in the body and help manage negative emotions.(轻敲包括轻拍身体的各个部位，同时大声说出你的感受。它借鉴了中医的能量经络的概念，表明敲击这些经络可以重新平衡体内的能量，并有助于管理负面情绪)”可知，关于轻敲，第二段主要告诉了我们它的起源。故选B项。
2．词句猜测题。根据划线词下文的定语从句“which can help tell the brain you are safe and turnoff the stress response in the body. (这有助于告诉大脑你是安全的，并关闭身体的压力反应)”可知，amygdala 的作用是告知大脑你是安全的，关闭身体对压力的反应。由此推知，amygdala 是大脑中管理战斗、逃避和压力反应的一个部位。故选D项。
3．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Some critics of EFT say it can prevent people from seeking more traditional forms of help for physical or mental health problems, but as long as it’s practiced with care and as a complementary practice the risks are very low. (EFT的一些批评者说，它可能会阻止人们寻求更传统形式的身体或精神健康问题的帮助，但只要谨慎地进行，并作为一种补充做法，风险就很低)”可知，作者认为轻敲叩击的风险还是比较低的。由此推知，作者的态度是支持的。故选B项。
4．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段“Tapping, also known as Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, is an alternative therapy that’s gaining a lot of interest as a low-cost, non-invasive way to help manage stress and anxiety. (轻敲，也被称为情绪释放技术，或EFT，是一种替代疗法，作为一种低成本、非侵入性的帮助管理压力和焦虑的方法，它获得了很多兴趣)”可知，本文主要介绍了轻敲叩击作为一种疗法对人们缓解压力和焦虑的作用。由此可知，B项“敲击键盘能帮助缓解焦虑吗？”适合作本文最佳标题。故选B项。
5．B 6．C 7．D 8．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。 文章介绍了作者高龄的母亲想要举办一场盛大的生日宴会，可由于母亲生日前受伤住进了康复中心，条件受限，孩子们只能为她举办小型的生日宴会。令人惊喜的是，她生病的丈夫的出现和适时清醒给她的生日宴会增添了更多美好的瞬间。
5．细节理解题。根据第一段“But because of a fractured (断裂的) hip just 3 weeks before, we could only arrange a small one at the rehab (康复中心) instead of giving her a big celebration in a restaurant. (但因为她三周前髋部骨折，我们只能在康复中心为她安排一个小型的庆祝活动，而不是在餐厅为她举办一个盛大的庆祝活动。)”可知妈妈不能享受一个盛大的生日聚会是因为她受伤了，故选B。
6．推理判断题。根据第二段“Mom visited him a few times each week, but these visits distressed her because he was usually asleep and did not respond to her. (妈妈每周都会去看他几次，但这些都让她很苦恼，因为他通常都在睡觉，对她没有任何反应。)”可推测Fred在康复中心的大部分时间都处于昏迷状态。故选C。
7．推理判断题。根据第三段“Only one other person could have made this day happier: Fred, her husband of thirty years. Because the party was held in the nursing facility, we had taken him to the party, too. (只有一个人能让这一天更快乐：Fred，她结婚30年的丈夫。因为聚会是在疗养院举行的，我们也带他去了。)”可推断服务员在聚会期间把Fred带到餐厅是让他陪伴他的妻子过生日，故选D。
8．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍虽然由于母亲的身体原因，“我们”没能按照她的愿望为她举办一场大型生日宴会，但Fred的出现和适时的清醒为母亲的生日宴会带来了惊喜。倒数第二段中的“his presence was the best gift of all (他的出现是最好的礼物)”为点题之笔。故选A。
9．D 10．C 11．D 12．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述作者喜欢爬山，喜欢挑战自己，虽然在一次爬山中，出了意外，但是好了以后又重新踏上了登山之路，表明困难和挫折不能阻挡作者挑战自我的脚步。
9．细节理解断题。根据第二段“It’s safer to start winter climbs at night when there’s less risk of the sun melting the snowpack. (在夜间开始冬季攀登比较安全，因为太阳融化积雪的风险较小。)”说明相比夜晚，白天爬山时，太阳融化积雪的风险较大，因此作者和朋友选择凌晨3点出发来回避可能的危险，故选D。
10．推理判断题。根据第四段“In an instant, I fell backward, bouncing off the rock face and rolling down the mountain as if I were a character in a video game. (刹那间，我向后摔倒，从岩壁上弹回来，滚下了山，就好像我是电子游戏里的一个角色。)”，作者使用as if虚拟句式让读者结合自己的经验想象自己当时遭遇的危险状况，故选C。
11．细节理解题。第五段的两个问题“Where are you ”“What’s the date ”都属于事实类问题，作者用自问自答的方式确定自己的大脑在事故后的意识状况，故选D。
12．推理判断题。从第一段作者表明自己喜欢挑战，到最后一段“The doctors told me it would be a year before I could climb again, but I was back on the trails within six months. (医生告诉我，我需要一年的时间才能再次登山，但我在六个月内就重新踏上了登山之路。)”中可看出困难和挫折不能阻挡作者挑战自我的脚步，故选C。
13．B 14．B 15．D 16．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。作者通过一段人工智能聊天机器人创作的文章段落介绍了 ChatGPT 的概念以及功能，进而阐述了 ChatGPT 对人类职业方面的影响。
13．细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“It was generated by a chatbot called ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence technology designed to mimic human conversation and language while drawing upon a vast wealth of knowledge to answer questions and solve problems.”（它是由一个名为ChatGPT的聊天机器人生成的，这是一种人工智能技术，旨在模仿人类的对话和语言，同时利用大量的知识来回答问题和解决问题。）可知，Chat GPT的功能是为人类回答问题，解决问题。故选B项。
14．主旨大意题。根据第四段第一句“While ChatGPT is not infallible, Oxford’s Wooldridge compares its output to well-written undergraduate work.”（虽然ChatGPT并非万无一失，但牛津大学的伍尔德里奇将其输出比作写得很好的本科生作业。）和第四句“This level of output poses a threat to those at the lower end of the employment market.”（这种产出水平对处于就业市场低端的人构成了威胁。）可知，这一段主要讲的是ChatGPT可能会威胁到低端就业岗位。故选B项。
15．推理判断题。根据第五段第一、二句“Those least likely to sec machines taking over their jobs include legal professionals, doctors and university lecturers. Such occupations are classed as highly skilled.”（那些最不可能看到机器取代自己工作的人包括法律专业人士、医生和大学讲师。这些职业被归类为高技能职业。）可知，法律专业人士、医生和大学讲师等高技能职业不会被人工智能人取代。由此可推知，而仓库管理员这种例行重复性的工作最有可能被取代。故选D项。
16．主旨大意题。本文通过介绍 ChatGPT 的概念以及功能，进而表达了 ChatGPT 会对人类职业造成影响甚至取代一部分职业的观点。同时，根据第二段最后一句“What ChatGPT offers seems more capable―and is potentially even more of a threat to jobs―than existing AI chatbot technology.”（与现有的人工智能聊天机器人技术相比，ChatGPT提供的功能似乎更强大，对就业的潜在威胁也更大。）可知，A 项“ChatGPT ，一个会对低端工作构成威胁的强大机器人”最适合作为本文标题。故选A项。
17．B 18．A 19．A 20．D
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项有关阅读材质的研究。研究发现读纸质的书比读网络的信息学到的东西多。
17．推理判断题。根据第一段中“Their 2018 study involved more than 171,000 readers. “Students often think they learn more from reading online. When tested, though, it turns out that they actually lea med less than when reading in print,” says the researcher.”（他们2018年的研究涉及超过17.1万名读者。“学生们通常认为他们从网上阅读中学到了更多。然而，经过测试，结果表明，他们实际上比阅读印刷品时学习的要少，”研究人员说。）可知，研究发现，阅读纸质书籍比阅读网络书籍所学到的东西多。故选B。
18．推理判断题。根据第二段中“Reading is not natural, explains Maryanne Wolf, a neuroseientist who specializes in how the brain reads. We learn to talk by listening to those around us. It’s pretty automatic. But learning to read takes real work. It’s because the brain has no special network of cells just for reading. ”（专门研究大脑如何阅读的神经科学家玛丽安·沃尔夫(Maryanne Wolf)解释说，阅读不是自然的。我们通过倾听周围人的声音来学习说话。这是相当自动的。但是学习阅读需要真正的努力。这是因为大脑没有专门用于阅读的细胞网络。）及“For example, a coat hanger is great for putting your clothes in the closet. But if a blueberry rolls under the refrigerator, you might straighten out the coat hanger and use it to reach under the fridge and pull out the fruit. You’ve taken a tool made for one thing and adapted it for something new. That’s what the brain does when you read.”（例如，衣架很适合把你的衣服放在壁橱里。但如果蓝莓在冰箱下面滚来滚去，你可以把衣架弄直，用它抵达到冰箱下面，把蓝莓拉出来。你把一个为一件事而设计的工具改造成新的东西。当你阅读时，大脑就是这么做的。）可知，作者通过例举拿衣架到冰箱里取蓝莓的行为，给我们展示大脑阅读的能力也是类似的，即通过阅读，我们可以了解更多的东西。故选A。
19．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“It’s great that the brain is so flexible. It’s one reason we can learn to do so many new things. But that can be a problem when you make a switch from your reading material to another type of it. Namely, when we read online, the brain creates a different set of connections between cells from the ones it uses for reading in print. It basically adapts the same tool again for the new task. ”（大脑如此灵活真是太棒了。这是我们可以学会做这么多新事情的原因之一。但当你从你的阅读材料切换到另一种类型的阅读材料时，这可能是一个问题。也就是说，当我们在线阅读时，大脑在细胞之间建立了一套不同于阅读纸质书时的连接。它基本上将相同的工具再次用于新任务。）可知，当阅读的文本类型转换时（即不同的文本类型）会给大脑的灵活性带来困扰。故选A。
20．主旨大意题。通读全文，结合第一段中“Their 2018 study involved more than 171,000 readers. “Students often think they learn more from reading online. When tested, though, it turns out that they actually lea med less than when reading in print,” says the researcher.”（他们2018年的研究涉及超过17.1万名读者。“学生们通常认为他们从网上阅读中学到了更多。然而，经过测试，结果表明，他们实际上比阅读印刷品时学习的要少，”研究人员说。）可知，本文主要介绍一项研究成果。研究发现，阅读纸质书籍比阅读网络书籍所学到的东西多。故选D。
21．B 22．D 23．C 24．C
【导语】本文是记叙文。文章作者讲述了自己对滑冰运动的爱好和经历。
21．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“But when Mr Chen launched himself into the air, it wasn’t his movement that caught my eye—it was the empty seats in the audience behind him. They looked familiar. Those seats were where my parents had stood, my dad holding a video camera to record my daily practice sessions. (但当陈先生腾空而起时，吸引我注意的不是他的动作，而是他身后的观众席上的空座位。它们看起来很眼熟。那些座位是我父母站过的地方，我父亲拿着摄像机记录我每天的练习。)”可知，是空座唤起了作者的童年记忆。故选B。
22．推断判断题。根据文章第二段“I’d seen Chinese pair skaters Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo’s performance at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. They inspired a wave of national pride and made figure skating(花样滑冰) a mainstream sport in China. I joined the rush. (我曾在2006年意大利都灵冬奥会上看过中国双人滑冰选手申雪和赵洪波的表演。他们激发了一股民族自豪感，使花样滑冰成为中国的主流运动。我加入了这股热潮。)”可推断，作者受到两位中国选手的影响参与到滑冰运动。故选D。
23．推理判断题。根据文章第三段“The pressure was too much. I told my parents I couldn’ t do it anymore. Thankfully, they understood and let me stop. (压力太大了，我告诉我的父母，我不能再这样做了。谢天谢地，他们理解并让我停下来。)”可推断，作者的父母对他放弃滑冰的态度是支持的。故选C。
24．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“This winter, I put on the skates again. I carefully stepped onto the ice at a Boston rink. And this time skating felt the way it had when I fell in love with it for the first time. I danced on the ice realizing that one cannot learn without falling sometimes—or often. (今年冬天，我又穿上了冰鞋。我小心翼翼地踏上波士顿溜冰场的冰面。这一次，滑冰给我的感觉就像我第一次爱上它时一样。我在冰上跳舞，我意识到一个人不跌倒是无法学习的，有时甚至经常跌倒。)”可推断，作者再次穿上溜冰鞋，因此作者接下来将从事以前的爱好。故选C。
25．D 26．A 27．C
【导语】这是一篇应用文，文章主要介绍了一些适合孩子的不错的酒店。
25．细节理解题。根据Big Cypress Lodge部分中“But the various kid-oriented facilities are the highlights of the hotel. It has a place with twice-daily fish feedings(但各种面向儿童的设施是酒店的亮点。它有一个每天两次喂鱼的地方)”可知，Big Cypress Lodge的特殊之处在于它能够让孩子和鱼进行互动，故选D。
26．细节理解题。根据Brookstreet Hotel部分中“And during the warmer months, kids can go for a swim in the seasonal outdoor pool(在温暖的月份里，孩子们可以在季节性的室